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01-09-2008, 10:28 PM
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| | | Re: Moth for ID please
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Originally Posted by naturegirl  Sorry Kayleigh, forgot after I'd spent hours that day writing them all out and lost the lot!! 
I will PM you soon with these, promise!! 
Here's one for starters......
Dandelion is a lovely wine and you should just be able to pick enough now to make a gallon.
This recipe is from my mum's books, bless her, I miss her so much.
2 Quarts of Dandelion heads picked at mid-day when it is dry and the flowers are fully open. Use the whole head but no stem. Pour a gallon of boiling water over the flower heads , cover and leave for exactly 2 days. Boil the mixture for 10 minutes with the peel (no pith) of 4 oranges, then strain through muslin onto 2.5lb of sugar. When cool add the juice from the oranges and a culture of dried yeast. Keep in a warm place closely covered, for 4 days. Pour into demijonn and fit airlock. Leave until it clears then siphon off into clean bottles and LEAVE IT ALONE for as long as you can keep yer mitts off!!
A yeast culture is: 1 sachet of ordinary dried yeast placed into half a cup of hot water into which a teaspoon of sugar has been disolved. Stir yeast into this and place cup into a container and pour quite hot water around cup. You will see in about 10 minutes that the yeast has activated and frothed up. Stir this into the liquid and leave. If the reaction is extreme, you may need to remove a little of the liquid. My recent Banana wine almost blew the cork out the reaction was so extreme!
Have fun!
Naturegirl | Cheers in advance..  |
02-09-2008, 12:29 AM
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| | | Re: Moth for ID please
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Originally Posted by naturegirl You should see some about now Dan, Red underwing is an autumnal moth and b--dy big!
Did I tell you that I think I have discovered a NEW Pyralid moth! (smug grin! )
At least it's not in my book of English Pyrales. My moth buddy is coming down with his European book so time will tell......
This is the chap I was telling you about. He said that if you need any help, he will be delighted to help and he's not far from you.
If you come to Kent Goes Wild at the end of September you can meet both of us!!
Naturegirl | Its not that i dont want his help hun...its just my diss is macro based...i feel that is enought o cope with without getting into the vast world of micros?..however i am interested in micro for my own interests so im sure in time he will be useful.
I plan to get to Kent goes wild this year as i have missed every year so far! please please remind me nearer the date so i can meet you both!
and new species?...very smug indeed!! and exciting!
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02-09-2008, 01:05 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: On the edge of Romney Marsh, Kent
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| | | Re: Moth for ID please
Awww thanks for that Dan!
You are such a lovey guy and to be a moth guy too.....
What more could I ask.....
He is also mustard at Macro's if you need his help.
Kent Goes Wild is on the weekend of 27-28th September at Shorne Country Park, make a note in your diary now please!!
It seems rather late in the season to me but what do I know......
Naturegirl
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02-09-2008, 12:16 PM
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| | | Re: Moth for ID please
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Originally Posted by naturegirl Awww thanks for that Dan!
You are such a lovey guy and to be a moth guy too.....
What more could I ask.....
He is also mustard at Macro's if you need his help.
Kent Goes Wild is on the weekend of 27-28th September at Shorne Country Park, make a note in your diary now please!!
It seems rather late in the season to me but what do I know......
Naturegirl | I have been thinking its too late too? most things have finished and gone over...maybe they are looking at autumn species..berries, fruit, fungi etc.
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02-09-2008, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Dutchess Ha! It seems I don't need a moth trap! My bathroom light seems to do the trick! We have a very small bathroom (6' x 6'6") the window of which looks out on to our rather leafy back garden. The light was accidentally left on last night and the window left wide open. I went to the loo at about 3am and the place was full of moths! 
But where do they all go? This morning they'd all (bar one) disappeared??? 
D. | Well, well. It seems this is nothing new! Apparently leaving the bathroom light on (with window open and door closed) is a tried and tested method of trapping your moths for ID! A reputable "moth site" quotes this method as an acceptable and effective one. Cool, I don't even have to go outside in the wind and rain!
D.
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03-09-2008, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Dutchess Well, well. It seems this is nothing new! Apparently leaving the bathroom light on (with window open and door closed) is a tried and tested method of trapping your moths for ID! A reputable "moth site" quotes this method as an acceptable and effective one. Cool, I don't even have to go outside in the wind and rain!
D. | Thats it then..we don't need elaborate traps just a bathroom with lights. |
03-09-2008, 12:05 PM
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| |  Re: Moth for ID please
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Originally Posted by Dutchess Well, well. It seems this is nothing new! Apparently leaving the bathroom light on (with window open and door closed) is a tried and tested method of trapping your moths for ID! A reputable "moth site" quotes this method as an acceptable and effective one. Cool, I don't even have to go outside in the wind and rain!
D. | Just hope you don't have a wasp or hornet nest nearby as you'll probably get them visiting too as they seem common in moth traps! |
03-09-2008, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 Just hope you don't have a wasp or hornet nest nearby as you'll probably get them visiting too as they seem common in moth traps! | Oh...We always get wasps in the house when the back door is open. |
03-09-2008, 12:15 PM
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I had been using the bedroom light methid for the last 2 years...its works fine but every other insect that comes to a moth trap comes to your bedroom...mosquitos..lacewings...flys...tiny flies...wasps...etc...
Didnt bother me but im sure it wont be for everyone...could take an hour at bedtime trying to catch everything before it was safe to go to sleep!
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03-09-2008, 11:07 PM
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Well it would jolly well bother me Dan!!!!!
Remind me to NEVER let you stay at mine!!!!
The sleepover party is now cancelled!!!!
Naturegirl
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